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Trump’s son Eric and his wife expect first child in September Reuters

March 21, 2017

left right FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump and his wife Lara Yunaska watch the proceedings during the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., July 20, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo 1/2 left right FILE PHOTO: Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and his wife Lara Yunaska during a campaign event in Statesville, North Carolina, U.S., August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo 2/2 NEW YORK Eric Trump, the 33-year-old middle son of U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Monday that his wife Lara was expecting to give birth to their first child in September. “We are adding a boy to #TeamTrump,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “It’s been an amazing year. We are blessed!” Eric Trump and his wife, formerly Lara Yunaska, married in November 2014 at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida after dating for six years. Lara is also 33 years old, according to People magazine. The baby boy, the president’s ninth grandchild, is due in September. The couple told People they were still deciding on a name for their son. “We really loved the name Charlie, but we’d already named our dog that, so it’s out,” Eric Trump said. Eric is the third child born to Donald Trump and his first wife, the former model Ivana Trump. A resident of New York City, Eric serves as a trustee of the Trump Organization along with his brother, Donald Trump Jr. The president congratulated his son and daughter-in-law on the pregnancy…more detail

President Trump at a White House news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Friday(Photo: Carolyn Kaster, AP) WASHINGTONÂ â Not so fast. In his first three weeks in office, President Trump has launched a dizzying flurry of actions, dominating the headlines and sparking controversy. But to his frustration, he has begun runningÂ smack into constraints mandated by the Constitution and imposed by political reality. Without acknowledging he's being forced to trim his sails, the president is moving toÂ delayÂ some campaign promises and downsize others, steps that sometimes have been overshadowed by a continued stream of theÂ defiant tweets…... [read more]

Silicon Valley's best-known Donald Trump supporter has issued a statement on the Republican presidential nominee's historic win. In a statement sent to Business Insider, Peter Thiel praised Trump's win and described an uphill battle ahead for the president-elect: "Congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump. He has an awesomely difficult task, since it is long past time for us to face up to our country's problems. We're going to need all hands on deck." Thiel backed Trump before the Republican National Convention and has spent the past few months defending his position as Silicon Valley groups have called for companies like Facebook…... [read more]

Dianne Williamson Telegram & Gazette Staff @WilliamsonTG Although I am not, technically, a high-powered political consultant, today I offer free advice for anyone seeking to get close to President Donald Trump. To paraphrase Nike, just don't do it. I make this suggestion after witnessing a bonafide phenomenon I call the Trump Effect, in which virtually anyone who associates with The Donald or seeks to become his surrogate undergoes a Kafkaesque transformation from semirespectable public figure to repugnant punch line. I wouldn't necessarily say they morph into cockroaches - at least not to their faces - although rumor has it that…... [read more]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is rolling out proposals Tuesday to make child care more affordable for working families, including a plan to guarantee new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and create new dependent-care savings accounts. Trump will unveil the plans in a speech in a Philadelphia suburb, a key area in a vital swing state as Trump tries to build his appeal with more moderate, independent voters — especially women. Child care is one of the biggest expenses many American families face, surpassing the cost of college and even housing in many states. The Republican…... [read more]

Cook personally raised funds for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in August, and Apple withdrew financial support for the Republican National Convention, where Trump accepted his party's nomination. The memo does not mention Trump by name, and although it contains some language about celebrating diversity, it doesn't include a direct response to some of Trump's stated policy positions, such as limiting immigration. Apple did not respond to a request for comment about a public response to Trump's victory. Read the memo below: Team, I’ve heard from many of you today about the presidential election. In a political contest where the candidates…... [read more]

This article first appeared on the Washington Spectator. Everyone has been asking me how Donald Trump can possibly thrive politically once his voters discover that what he said on the campaign trail was categorical bullshit. I respond by pointing out that people only know what they know, and what they know about Trump will be determined by a campaign of White House disinformation to rival Joseph Goebbels, abetted by a political media willing to serve uncomplainingly as its transmission belt. For instance, when the CIA reported its conclusion that the Russian government had intervened to try sealing Trump’s victory, his…... [read more]

Stephen Miller is a 'true believer' behind core Trump policies Miller's peacock confidence has served him well with Trump, who first got to know him in 2015 Miller's peacock confidence has served him well with Trump, who first got to know him in 2015 Staff members on Capitol Hill recall Stephen Miller, the 31-year-old White House adviser behind many of President Trump’s most contentious executive orders, as the guy from Jeff Sessions’s office who made their inboxes cry for mercy. As a top aide to Mr. Sessions, the conservative Alabama senator, Mr. Miller dispatched dozens and dozens of bombastic emails…... [read more]

As a young conservative in liberal Santa Monica, Calif., Stephen Miller clashed frequently with his high school, often calling in to a national radio show to lambaste administrators for promoting multiculturalism, allowing Spanish-language morning announcements and failing to require recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Miller's outrage did not appear to subside after he graduated. As a Duke University sophomore, Miller penned a column, titled "Santa Monica High's Multicultural Fistfights," in which he ripped his alma mater as a "center for political indoctrination." "The social experiment that Santa Monica High School has become is yet one more example of the…... [read more]

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It was as if the 2016 RNC returned to life Saturday as more than 30 people peacefully protested Donald Trump's policies outside the Cleveland Clinic. And keeping with what made the Republican National Convention here such a pleasant surprise, there was also a polite, accommodating police officer who helped the demonstrators position themselves for maximum visibility and minimal interference with traffic flow. The other reason for the demonstration was to urge Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove to reconsider having a Clinic fundraiser at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Toward the end of the 30-minute demonstration, Gloria Tavera, a…... [read more]

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Downtown Cleveland Alliance removed 26 Cleveland Scene newspaper boxes from sidewalks and street corners in recent weeks without notifying managers at the alt-weekly. Alliance spokeswoman Heather Holmes acknowledged Saturday that the organization's workers -- known as ambassadors -- removed the boxes, reporting that several had tipped over on sidewalks and into the streets. The ambassadors who took the boxes told their higher-ups that they were not sure who they needed to consult about removing them. "These newsstands were toppled over either from people knocking them over or weather or snow plows," Holmes said. Cleveland Scene Editor…... [read more]